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they don't believe that it's in san francisco. we have visitors who will say, i never knew this was here and i'm a native san franciscoan. they wonder how long it's been here. when i tell them next year we'll get to celebrate the 80th we'll get to celebrate the 80th shortly. >> the clerk: regular hearing for thursday, december 13-rbgs 2012. the commission does not tolerate outburst or disruption of any kind. if you'd like to speak on an agendized item please fill out a speaker form. and when speaking before the commission, please speak directly into the microphone and state your name for the record. i'd also ask that you turn off any mobile devices that may sound off during the proceedings. i'd like to take roll. commission president fong, here. commission vice president wu, here. iana, present, boren, hillis, here, moore, hee, sugaya, here. first on your calendar consideration for items proposed for continuance. item 1, for 1856 pacific avenue, discretionary reviews have been canceled. under your regular calendar, item 12, case 2
they don't believe that it's in san francisco. we have visitors who will say, i never knew this was here and i'm a native san franciscoan. they wonder how long it's been here. when i tell them next year we'll get to celebrate the 80th we'll get to celebrate the 80th shortly. >> the clerk: regular hearing for thursday, december 13-rbgs 2012. the commission does not tolerate outburst or disruption of any kind. if you'd like to speak on an agendized item please fill out a speaker form. and...
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they don't believe that it's in san francisco. we have visitors who will say, i never knew this was here and i'm a native san franciscoan. they wonder how long it's been here. when i tell them next year we'll get to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the park, >> this lodge is home to some of the best fly casting pools in the world. these shallow concrete pools don't have fish. this is just a place where people come to practice their fly casting technique. ith was built in the 1930's and ever since, people have been coming here to get back to nature. every year, the world championship of fly casting is held in san francisco and visitors from all over the globe travel to be here. >> we are here with phil, general manage of san francisco rec and parks department at the anglers lodge. what do you think about this? >> it is spectacular, travis from oregon, taught me a snake roll and a space cast. >> there are people from all over the world come to san francisco and say this is the place to be. >> yeah. it's amazing, we have teams from
they don't believe that it's in san francisco. we have visitors who will say, i never knew this was here and i'm a native san franciscoan. they wonder how long it's been here. when i tell them next year we'll get to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the park, >> this lodge is home to some of the best fly casting pools in the world. these shallow concrete pools don't have fish. this is just a place where people come to practice their fly casting technique. ith was built in the 1930's and...
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i raised my family in san francisco on a 1700 square foot house on a 25 foot lot. this is a 20 foot lot and you see from this picture, the impact that a vertical addition and a roof deck and a stair penthouse is going to have to the historical roof lines here, this is really a mistake. it should not be permitted to proceed. this is going to be a historic district, it should already be a historic district. this portion of buena vista park regarding siting and balance in the neighborhood are clearly not complied with here. i would ask you to deny any vertical addition at this house. thank you. >> project sponsor, you have a two minute rebuttal. >> just a couple of things and i'm going to let mr. smith speak. again, there was no agreement in 2002, they can't produce one because there wasn't one, and if the third floor is so object nabl, then why in the dr requests do they say that a solution to the issue is to limit the project to three floors, they completely backtracked and didn't address that issue at all, and just in general, if this project at this size in this s
i raised my family in san francisco on a 1700 square foot house on a 25 foot lot. this is a 20 foot lot and you see from this picture, the impact that a vertical addition and a roof deck and a stair penthouse is going to have to the historical roof lines here, this is really a mistake. it should not be permitted to proceed. this is going to be a historic district, it should already be a historic district. this portion of buena vista park regarding siting and balance in the neighborhood are...
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no one in san francisco has power of attorney for him. so if he, in fact, comes back from hawaii and shows up monday, we will be done with this, thank you. >> you are saying there is a lack of certainty around his showing up monday? >> no. he told us by phone he would be in town monday and we could conclude it at that time. >> okay. because i understand the way you guys are and -- i mean obviously he doesn't want indefinite continuance because of all the renotice issue. i just don't want to have i think every week continuing this item. i just want to concur with commissioners, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> whether we should do a two-week continuance. i'm thinking that might make more sense. then we revisit in two weeks whether or not we want to do something further out. i will take other commissioner's thoughts. >> commissioner moore. >> i think it is not consequential enough not to say it is continued by a week. hope it will resolve itself. all you do is take the same paragraph, tick it back into the program and spend two minutes
no one in san francisco has power of attorney for him. so if he, in fact, comes back from hawaii and shows up monday, we will be done with this, thank you. >> you are saying there is a lack of certainty around his showing up monday? >> no. he told us by phone he would be in town monday and we could conclude it at that time. >> okay. because i understand the way you guys are and -- i mean obviously he doesn't want indefinite continuance because of all the renotice issue. i just...
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francisco and what they will look like in san francisco since we are, san francisco is a population of, with a greater proportion of retiring people and we need those skilled nursing beds. if we don't have those skilled nursing beds or enough met in san francisco, we will have to go outside san francisco to get our care for medicare patients and we need skilled nursing. so this is still a concern with the nurses and i would like you to please look at that carefully, that portion carefully since we do talk a lot about births and heart attacks and the more glamorous parts of the nursing in the hospital and i don't want to see the elderly and the medicare and the medical patients neglected here. thank you. president fong: is there any additional public comment? ok. seeing none -- [laughter] president fong: the six-hour public comment session is closed. [applause] president fong: there are a number of speaker cards that didn't turn up. i'll be sure to pass these along to the commissioners. we'll open it up for commissioner questions and comments and if it's ok with you, we'll try to may
francisco and what they will look like in san francisco since we are, san francisco is a population of, with a greater proportion of retiring people and we need those skilled nursing beds. if we don't have those skilled nursing beds or enough met in san francisco, we will have to go outside san francisco to get our care for medicare patients and we need skilled nursing. so this is still a concern with the nurses and i would like you to please look at that carefully, that portion carefully since...
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jobs for san francisco, health care for san francisco, and planning for san francisco. y'all have done a lot of work to set clear standards when it comes to housing and traffic in -- impacts. when it comes to the city has set standards around local hire, all that is undermined in this plan which can easily go around the san francisco local hire requirements which does not mean a lot of jobs and in the end, the only jobs that are guaranteed in this agreement are 200 jobs less than 5%. 200 jobs out of the thousands of jobs they're projecting to be local, permanent hire. they're treated as a construction project. this is two permanent hospitals that will be here for decades and they're not dealing with permanent jobs. they will be here for decades after the five-year construction projects. that needs to be dealt with as well. thank you. president fong: thank you. is there additional public comment? >> mynas gerry adams. i am the neighborhood interest chairman. -- my name is jerry adams. lifecare refers to the obligation to house and provide medical health care for resident
jobs for san francisco, health care for san francisco, and planning for san francisco. y'all have done a lot of work to set clear standards when it comes to housing and traffic in -- impacts. when it comes to the city has set standards around local hire, all that is undermined in this plan which can easily go around the san francisco local hire requirements which does not mean a lot of jobs and in the end, the only jobs that are guaranteed in this agreement are 200 jobs less than 5%. 200 jobs...
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that happens a lot in san francisco. formula retail of banks and other institutions, clothing, many of them are based in san francisco. i will move to approve this conditional use. >> second. if i could just make a couple of comments. i think this is a good conversation we are having. it is one of the first of many to come. i think this commission will find its way through this. from my personal perspective, this gives us an opportunity to look at every location. if this is truly saturation, then we have the opportunity to do that. given the pedestrian account and the activity on this particular block, one basically every block is a lot, but not excessive. i'm always curious about people who are opposed. what banks, if any, do you use? i'm assuming that most people live in san francisco are using some kind of bank. maybe your bank already exists on that block and maybe that is why you are ok with what is already there. anyway, if you could call the question. >> the motion is on the floor for approval as proposed. commiss
that happens a lot in san francisco. formula retail of banks and other institutions, clothing, many of them are based in san francisco. i will move to approve this conditional use. >> second. if i could just make a couple of comments. i think this is a good conversation we are having. it is one of the first of many to come. i think this commission will find its way through this. from my personal perspective, this gives us an opportunity to look at every location. if this is truly...
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it is important that we keep up with the growth of san francisco. this is the place for height, and not necessarily a fan of it, but if you're going to, you need to pick a place. and who are going to be the tenants in 2017, 2020, 2025? are they going to be the next version of twitter? how fast are they growing? we are sort of building a living for them, the unknown. the other question i had is that because it is evolving since the inception of the transbay tower, is $400 million the right never to try to shoot for, using the melarus as the collection vehicle? it is something to think about. should it be higher or lower? and once you start adding a melarus and you start putting a committee districts in it in a couple of years and then you put homeowners' association fees on top of that and it can get rich pretty quickly. the reaction is to put another layer on, but when you start to multilayer assessments or taxes orleans, it adds up. -- taxes or liens, it adds up. how does the city executes its infrastructure improvement plans when there are differe
it is important that we keep up with the growth of san francisco. this is the place for height, and not necessarily a fan of it, but if you're going to, you need to pick a place. and who are going to be the tenants in 2017, 2020, 2025? are they going to be the next version of twitter? how fast are they growing? we are sort of building a living for them, the unknown. the other question i had is that because it is evolving since the inception of the transbay tower, is $400 million the right never...
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. >> i think it's a great project, being the father that went to other private schools in san francisco and going through the same building process and seeing the difference after the new facilities are available, particularly recreationally but also academically, it's utilizing the land to its best use and of course land is precious in san francisco, it looks like a very well thought out plan and i'm supportive of the facade changes, the school is designed at a time that perhaps was not the highlight of architecture when it was first built but i think the new facades look like they're going to be contemporary and maximize light into the school in a much better way than before, so very supportive. >> commissioner 1$úky8m?osugaya. >> yes. >> we weren't given the preliminary neg dec on this, this was not described as a historic resource. >> no. >> can you tell me why? >> that's something i was not involved in, but i didn't know it was not considered a resource. i do have copies of the document if you would like it, the document was about an inch thick and since we're including the moneta
. >> i think it's a great project, being the father that went to other private schools in san francisco and going through the same building process and seeing the difference after the new facilities are available, particularly recreationally but also academically, it's utilizing the land to its best use and of course land is precious in san francisco, it looks like a very well thought out plan and i'm supportive of the facade changes, the school is designed at a time that perhaps was not...
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that is pretty common in san francisco. he argued that he could not believe this was a matter of safety. as our engineer indicated, it is a matter of safety. this is not something that the owners decided they wanted to do for no reason. they did it for a particular reason. that particular reason was the safety of their tenants. that is what they were advised by their engineer and that is the only reason they are pursuing this project. thank you. commissioner antonini: are there additional speakers? if not, the d.r. requester has a two-minute rebuttal, if you wish. >> thank you. i wanted to address the issue of safety again. their position is they have been forced to do this by the city under certain code, a section that has to do with run and rise carried they are ignoring other sections and introducing additional safety problems that do not exist in the present structure. in particular, the size of the less than the required 50 feet from the building. there is no area for egress. i have lost the statute -- here it is. cali
that is pretty common in san francisco. he argued that he could not believe this was a matter of safety. as our engineer indicated, it is a matter of safety. this is not something that the owners decided they wanted to do for no reason. they did it for a particular reason. that particular reason was the safety of their tenants. that is what they were advised by their engineer and that is the only reason they are pursuing this project. thank you. commissioner antonini: are there additional...
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they are very local san francisco community bank. their offer was very enticing to us and we've accepted graciously their offer for the community meeting room. excuse me, there was one more thing i wanted to say. but it does not come to mind. i urge you to approve this. that's what it was. the merchants association did several outreach programs with little or no resistance. the last meeting we had was -- the consensus of the meeting was why would they disapprove the last time and why is this becoming an issue now? we've had a vacant business on the block for six years. we do not want to go with another three or four more years of having a vacant unit just because of a policy or what have you. we appreciate the stipulations that are in our policy. but every once in a while we need to make an exception. i don't think this project is an exception or an impedance on the avenue and will serve the avenue. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >>> good evening, my name is matt rodgers. i'm the owner of [speaker not understood] hardware on
they are very local san francisco community bank. their offer was very enticing to us and we've accepted graciously their offer for the community meeting room. excuse me, there was one more thing i wanted to say. but it does not come to mind. i urge you to approve this. that's what it was. the merchants association did several outreach programs with little or no resistance. the last meeting we had was -- the consensus of the meeting was why would they disapprove the last time and why is this...
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it talks about the history of a significant portion of san francisco. commissioner miguel: i have finished "the future of the american city americanear henhearts -- of the american city" earenheart's first book. i disagree a little bit mainly inearenheart's first book. may 4th says the academy of art university luncheon honoring etc., etc. and speeches were made and ed lee stopped by and proclaimed our university "a beautiful institution" that has "done so much to fill vacancies in our city." is the mayor on board with this commission is my question we now that the academy of art has had multiple numbers of violations, not only in the planning code, but also building code violations, code violations, and sidewalk inclosure violations. some of those have been corrected over the years, however, there is still an outstanding member of conditional use of violations that this commission has not taken up. because there is supposedly an environmental -- that environmental view because of the master plan, they keep buying additional properties, which continues
it talks about the history of a significant portion of san francisco. commissioner miguel: i have finished "the future of the american city americanear henhearts -- of the american city" earenheart's first book. i disagree a little bit mainly inearenheart's first book. may 4th says the academy of art university luncheon honoring etc., etc. and speeches were made and ed lee stopped by and proclaimed our university "a beautiful institution" that has "done so much to fill...
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we have been at least three cycles of the economy in san francisco. we have had boomer bust cycles at least three times since linda has been working here, and i am very heartened. i am disheartened by linda's retirement but hearted by the planning commission that used the services of the secretary as you heard. the commission secretary position as commissioner antonini has heard me say is only second to the board of supervisors clerk in importance in the city. it is the place where the public has the interface with the commission, and with the department. it is that seat right here, and i cannot stress how much that linda occupying that seat has been important because it is -- she is not only your representative when you're talking to the staff, but the public's representative when we are talking to commission and the staff, and linda is very, very important, and i wish her well. i don't wish her retirement. i wish she was still here. it's my selfishness and i am sorry for my selfishness but we have to acknowledge none of us have lasted 31 years. no s
we have been at least three cycles of the economy in san francisco. we have had boomer bust cycles at least three times since linda has been working here, and i am very heartened. i am disheartened by linda's retirement but hearted by the planning commission that used the services of the secretary as you heard. the commission secretary position as commissioner antonini has heard me say is only second to the board of supervisors clerk in importance in the city. it is the place where the public...
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francisco. many developer are choosing to receiptction -- rent for a period of time. that's addressed in the manual as well. what do we do for buyers, owners and developers who are building ownership units? first, we updated and clarified -- i'm just following along the memo that was provided with your packet. and if you need a copy, i have extras here. first we updated and clarified a lot of the -- many of our financing rules, including require choirtion a loan for your approval before someone applies for a unit. that's supposed to help make sure that qualified buyers are buying but also developers can be reassured their units will sell in a timely manner. we clarified our down payment requirement, default and foreclosure rules which are more significant of course the last five years. big focus of our programming. but we've actually had very few foreclosures in this program. we've always required loans to be sound. so, compared to the regular market, we're doing remarkably well. i think we've h
francisco. many developer are choosing to receiptction -- rent for a period of time. that's addressed in the manual as well. what do we do for buyers, owners and developers who are building ownership units? first, we updated and clarified -- i'm just following along the memo that was provided with your packet. and if you need a copy, i have extras here. first we updated and clarified a lot of the -- many of our financing rules, including require choirtion a loan for your approval before someone...
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. >> glen scaff voa and partners in handel architects here in san francisco. we are very excited of being part of this project as mr. mercy pointed out. the challenge for us was to really get this building back up to a standard of 2010 structurally, esthetically and from a unit standpoint so this is going to be a short presentation on some of the changes that we have made. as you know the project sits on fremont street between folsom and harrison and midblock in the rincon hills district. this gives you indication of the parcel of land here. you can't see the chart but i think you have some handouts there. as mr. mercy pointed out we reduced the parking but we have below grade parking so nothing is visible from the street and the building is broken down into three components and the below grade and the building and the tower itself and at 400 feet. one of the other significant changes and adjustments that we made of course the client pointed out the structural system. as you can see from the drawings one shows the old system which was small and the new system
. >> glen scaff voa and partners in handel architects here in san francisco. we are very excited of being part of this project as mr. mercy pointed out. the challenge for us was to really get this building back up to a standard of 2010 structurally, esthetically and from a unit standpoint so this is going to be a short presentation on some of the changes that we have made. as you know the project sits on fremont street between folsom and harrison and midblock in the rincon hills district....
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the city of san francisco sfgtv meeting of the planning commission december 6, 2012 will begin shortly. >> i would like to welcome everyone to san francisco planning commission regular hearing for december 6, 2012. please aware that the commission doesn't tolerate any disruption or out burst of any kind. please turn off mobile devices. if you would like to speak fill out a card and speak into the microphone and state your name for the record. at this time i will call roll. >> commissioner fong. >> here. >> commissioner wu. >> here. >> commissioner antonini. >> here. >> commissioner borden. >> commissioner sugaya. >> here. >> first is item one case at 1865 post street request for conditional use authorization is being proposed for continuance to february seven, 2013 at the request of the project sponsor requesting a further continuance than shown on the calendar. item two at 601 van ness avenue continual use continuance is requested. further under the regular calendar there is another request for item 15 at 2895 san bruno avenue request for continuance. that's all i have is there any pu
the city of san francisco sfgtv meeting of the planning commission december 6, 2012 will begin shortly. >> i would like to welcome everyone to san francisco planning commission regular hearing for december 6, 2012. please aware that the commission doesn't tolerate any disruption or out burst of any kind. please turn off mobile devices. if you would like to speak fill out a card and speak into the microphone and state your name for the record. at this time i will call roll. >>...
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it's good use of scarce land in san francisco. and, in fact, felt that this is a good looking design. and putting this development at this location to our members was a higher use of the land than preserving a
it's good use of scarce land in san francisco. and, in fact, felt that this is a good looking design. and putting this development at this location to our members was a higher use of the land than preserving a
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i work in san francisco. and i pass by this property all the time because my church is in sunset, and also i have -- because i'm an insurance agent, so i drive around the neighborhood to take pictures of the houses. it seems this house has been vacant for so long it's an eyesore. when i pass by this house it caught my attention because it does not look good. and from the insurance agent's point of view that all the vacant houses, it has the intention to draw the squatters and interviewedders. and they -- intruders and they may go into vacant homes to do illegal activities. we hope this nice home, when i look at the pictures, it seems that it is conformed to the neighborhood and i hope that this project will be built soon so that it will not throw the bad people into the neighborhood. i feel that this nice project can improve and upgrade the whole neighborhood. thank you. >> president fong: thank you. is there any additional public comment? >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is john waldchuck, trustee o
i work in san francisco. and i pass by this property all the time because my church is in sunset, and also i have -- because i'm an insurance agent, so i drive around the neighborhood to take pictures of the houses. it seems this house has been vacant for so long it's an eyesore. when i pass by this house it caught my attention because it does not look good. and from the insurance agent's point of view that all the vacant houses, it has the intention to draw the squatters and interviewedders....
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francisco resident, i would like to highlight a few critical reference points, town school needs more space for its enrollment, it approximates at 54 thousand gross square feet, this is short on california's regulations by about 30 to 40% depending on how you measure, town school also needs to modernize, the school has been existing on the site for 74 years, the last meaningful imprao*ufms in the 1980s, it dates the 1960s and prior, educational requirements have advanced since the construction of these facilities, town school's vision is a mor modern environment than just pure additional space. this project is the result of a ten year search and review of all the options throughout the city that have on-site improvement, expansion, splitting the school and all other sorts of options to get the education conditions appropriate for the school for the future, more than four years ago, the school revitalized and wanted fo expand, for three years, the school has worked with the faculty to determine educational requirements, during this time, the school has worked closely with the environme
francisco resident, i would like to highlight a few critical reference points, town school needs more space for its enrollment, it approximates at 54 thousand gross square feet, this is short on california's regulations by about 30 to 40% depending on how you measure, town school also needs to modernize, the school has been existing on the site for 74 years, the last meaningful imprao*ufms in the 1980s, it dates the 1960s and prior, educational requirements have advanced since the construction...
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market street, years ago, was considered the grande boulevard of san francisco. well it may be that, but it's also a series of very individualized segments, from the embarcadero out to let's say octavia. and even the north and south sides of market street are very, very different from each other. in fact, most of the time, most of the length, they have no relationship to each other. you have right angled intersection south, you have 45 and other degree ang also north. it is a very confusing street to work with. and the fact that the team, led by neil, and also chris, have been able to come this far, is an absolute pleasure. and i will continue working with them until we get this thing finished. and if any of you have any questions at any time, you know how to get ahold of neil, and also myself. so i thank you for that. >> president fong: thank you, mr. miguel, for keeping a watchful eye on this project for us, for all of us. is there any additional public comment? okay. we'll let me start by just giving some support to this fantastic work. i absolutely agree, any
market street, years ago, was considered the grande boulevard of san francisco. well it may be that, but it's also a series of very individualized segments, from the embarcadero out to let's say octavia. and even the north and south sides of market street are very, very different from each other. in fact, most of the time, most of the length, they have no relationship to each other. you have right angled intersection south, you have 45 and other degree ang also north. it is a very confusing...
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francisco and work outside of san francisco, possibly 10 to 15%. i don't know exact numbers. but this would be a focus group which would be concentrated more on the employers. find out who the employers are. and we pretty much know because a lot of them have big buses that come through san francisco. and find out what factors we could correct to have them move more of their work force here because everybody wins if you don't have people spending two hours a day traveling to and from their place of employment and not to mention the effects on the environment, but just the cost factors. but i think you can use a report like this to be a fool and help us to make our decisions, but also formulate city policy to address some of the shortcomings. * a tool >> absolutely. >> sugaya. >> yes. is there any correlation between what we're calling p-d-r on page 16 and manufacturing which is back on page 40? >> good question. >> because it seems like -- i have to just finish my observation. >> sure. >> because on p-d-r we're down over the 2002-11 years by 26%. it
francisco and work outside of san francisco, possibly 10 to 15%. i don't know exact numbers. but this would be a focus group which would be concentrated more on the employers. find out who the employers are. and we pretty much know because a lot of them have big buses that come through san francisco. and find out what factors we could correct to have them move more of their work force here because everybody wins if you don't have people spending two hours a day traveling to and from their place...
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and again, san francisco is at 6 58. it will be interesting to see how this number declines as we invest in municipal transit and how we plan with the new subway systems coming in. i'd love to take the commission on a walking tour. but with only a few minutes of general public comment, i was going to talk to you guys through a tour of the north side of o'farrell street and o'farrell street is about 24 blocks long. and it starts at grant avenue. i'm going to take the first one grant avenue and call it zero o'farrell street and there we host imporio armani. another high retail store, macy's buildings, block to block, one is entirely macy's. across the street is the central t-line going in there, that's the union square market street stop. and then in the second macy's store there is tommy hilfiger, [speaker not understood] beauty, bakery, pink berry, beauty lapped. -- land. we hit the thai noodle house, [speaker not understood], chipotle, we're coming across the hyde 200 block, [speaker not understood], the hotel with cust
and again, san francisco is at 6 58. it will be interesting to see how this number declines as we invest in municipal transit and how we plan with the new subway systems coming in. i'd love to take the commission on a walking tour. but with only a few minutes of general public comment, i was going to talk to you guys through a tour of the north side of o'farrell street and o'farrell street is about 24 blocks long. and it starts at grant avenue. i'm going to take the first one grant avenue and...
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the mta and also students and professors from cal poly, san francisco state, and u.c. berkeley, and many more that i couldn't begin to rattle off. i think it's important at the beginning just to acknowledge that the process was very inclusive, a lot of people, and the final plan that is in front of you is a result of a lot of people's input. so, with that, to begin our next section of the presentation, i would like to introduce jim meeko, the chair of the western soma citizens task force. >> thank you very much, and thank you, president fong and commissioners. it's such a pleasure to finally be here at the tail end of this process. i'm glad corey mentioned the bulk of our work was really done between 2005 and 2008, but that's not to imply that we haven't been doing important things since then. but i'll leave it to corey to explain to you why it's taken this long to finally come before you for this final stage of the process. it would be disingenuous to imply this process was not without controversy. in 2004, when this commission recommended that western soma be removed
the mta and also students and professors from cal poly, san francisco state, and u.c. berkeley, and many more that i couldn't begin to rattle off. i think it's important at the beginning just to acknowledge that the process was very inclusive, a lot of people, and the final plan that is in front of you is a result of a lot of people's input. so, with that, to begin our next section of the presentation, i would like to introduce jim meeko, the chair of the western soma citizens task force....
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francisco county jail in san bruno. whereas, as a planner within the city planning division, he co- managed the better neighborhoods program. that is where we first met. and helped to create new area plans for the city's general plan. john established a new approach to working with the community that held died future development in neighborhoods -- helped guide future development in neighborhoods and helped to provide new opportunities, supported by improved transit, additional open spaces, and never amenities. john served as a mentor to staff throughout the planning department. he always considered policy and planning direction with a focused sense of calm. that is one thing we have always noticed about john. you get things accomplished in a very mannered, calm approach. he eagerly entered as many a planner to the fish lunch spot, establishing a location for many celebrations for years to come. john has brought that same sense of focus to calm to his annual pilgrimage to a wholly observation of st. patrick's day celebr
francisco county jail in san bruno. whereas, as a planner within the city planning division, he co- managed the better neighborhoods program. that is where we first met. and helped to create new area plans for the city's general plan. john established a new approach to working with the community that held died future development in neighborhoods -- helped guide future development in neighborhoods and helped to provide new opportunities, supported by improved transit, additional open spaces, and...